GWS.89 Sailfish

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Sailfish
Design details
Function Anti-submarine missile
Manufacturer Lyme and Martens Industries
Design No. LMR-??
GSI No. GWS.89
Unit cost $3.45 million
Service dates 2006-present
General characteristics
Length
- GWS.89A
- GWS.89Ma/Ua
- GWS.89Mb/Ub

5.94 m
6.92 m
7.83 m
Diameter 533 mm
Finspan 732 mm
Launch mass
- GWS.89A
- GWS.89Ma/Ua
- GWS.89Mb/Ub

1973.21 kg
2268.42 kg
2593.36 kg
Flight characteristics
Propulsion
- Stage 1 (89b)
- Stage 2 (89A)
- Stage 2 (89M/U)
- 3rd stage

RBS.89
UTH.89A
UTH.89B
RMS.89
Flight control
Speed
- Initial (VL)
- Transitional
- Terminal

Mach 1.5
50-70 kts
480 km/h
Manoeuvrability >20g
Range 40+ km
Ceiling 10 km (launch)
Guidance and payload
Guidance
- Initial
- Midcourse
- Terminal

GPS/INS with command uplink
Dual-mode sonar
INS
Warhead
- Conventional
- Nuclear

250 kg APHE
5–100 kT
Fuzes Hydrostatic proximity, contact
Launch platforms
Ship GWLS.35, GWLS.58, Mk 41 VLS
Operators
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The GWS.89 Sailfish is an anti-submarine missile or anti-torpedo countermeasure.

GWS.89

Functions: Two- or three-stage, short range, supercavitating anti-ship/anti-submarine/torpedo countermeasure
Service designation: Surface: MUM.89; Sub-surface: UUM.89
Launch Angle: 360° initial acquisition capability
—89a: horizontal (+/-70°)
—89b: vertical to 15° from the horizontal
Dimensions:
Length: Weapon: 5.37 m
—89A: 5.94 m (air launched version)
—89Ma/Ua: 6.92 m (surface/sub-surface horizontal launch version)
—89Mb/Ub: 7.83 m (surface/sub-surface vertical launch version)
Diameter: 533 mm
Finspan: 732 mm
Mass: 1698.45 kg
—89A: 1973.21 kg
—89Ma/Ua: 2268.42 kg
—89Mb/Ub: 2593.36 kg
Warhead: 250 kg shaped-charge tandem armour piercing high explosive (APHE)
Range: 40+ km
Propulsion: Solid propellant rocket
—89A/Ma/Ua: hydroreactive agent booster
—89Mb/Ub: solid rocket booster, hydroreactive agent booster
Guidance
Steering: pointed nose directs weapon to target, mid-mounted fins for additional course corrections
Guidance: initial (-89Ua version only): wire-guided; search and attack: short-range sonar, wake homing, and inertial guidance (laser ring gyroscope); terminal: inertial
Depth: up to 1,500m
Speed
Weapon: searching: ca. 70 kts; standard: 360-410 km/h; terminal: 480 km/h; closure rate: 800 km/h+ (anti-torpedo role)
—89A: maximum air drop speed: 556 km/h (300 kts)
—89Ua: launch speed: 50 kts; first stage separation: 50-75 kts
Cost: $3.45 million

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